Mary Marden Velasquez

Mary Marden Velasquez, PhD, is Centennial Professor in Leadership for Community, Professional, and Corporate Excellence and Director of the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) School of Social Work. She also holds appointments in the Department of Population Health and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UT Austin’s Dell Medical School. A Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, Dr. Velasquez is a recipient of the Betty Ford Award from the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction and the Charles C. Shepard Science Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a founding member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.